Santiago de Compostela began as a passing place along a Roman road, but the discovery of the tomb of St. James the beginning of the nineteenth century gave rise to a place of worship within the confines of a peninsula at that time dominated by the Muslim invasion. Since then throughout Europe began to walk towards Santiago, the holy city of Christianity where everyone expected to get the full grace of absolution.


ORIENTATION

Santiago de Compostela is located in the far north west of Spain and is the cultural and political capital of the Autonomous Community of Galicia.


WHEN TO GO

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HOW TO GET THERE

By Plane

The Santiago de Compostela Airport is about 10 kms from the city center. To get to the airport take the national road N-634, which connects Santiago with the N-547 towards Lugo. The deviation is seven miles east of the city. Also available via the A-54 motorway linking the ring of Santiago with the N-547.

Direct flights to Spanish cities:

Alicante, Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Palma, Reus, Seville, Tenerife South, Valencia.

Direct international flights:

Dublin (DUB), Frankfurt (HHN), London (STN), Paris (CDG), Rome (CIA), Zurich (ZRH), Caracas (CCS).

The approximate price of taxi from the airport to the center of Santiago is € 20.00

Train

Long course: two daily direct trains, connecting to Madrid (Talgo and Express). A train to San Sebastian and Hendaye. Through a single transfer, is accessed daily to Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Portugal and Paris, and almost all major national destinations.

Regional: trains run every hour to major destinations in Galicia, A Coruña, Vilagarcía Arousa, Pontevedra and Vigo - for dial-Portugal. There are also direct connection with continuous Ourense

Transcantábrico: panoramic train that runs north and northwest of Spain, the 'Green Spain' from S. Sebastian, in País Vasco, to Santiago de Compostela.